Tag: safe2tell
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Colorado received record-breaking number of Safe2Tell reports in the 2023-24 school year
A record-breaking number of reports were submitted to Colorado’s anonymous reporting program Safe2Tell during the 2023-2024 school year. According to the annual report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, 28,218 reports were submitted in the past 12 months, with suicide, bullying, drugs, and school threats leading the list of concerns. It also marks a 27%…
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Social media threat against multiple Colorado Springs schools believed to be a hoax, officials say
The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a social media post that threatens multiple schools at two local districts, but the early evidence suggests that the post is a hoax, according to law enforcement officials Tuesday. The post, which began circulating late Monday, listed several middle schools and high schools in Harrison District 2 and…
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Appeals court overturns juvenile’s conviction based on Safe2Tell tip
Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week that a Weld County magistrate improperly relied on an anonymous tip through the state’s Safe2Tell program when she found a juvenile defendant had participated in vandalizing a high school. Surveillance video captured two people spray painting a school building. Administrators subsequently received a tip identifying one of the suspects…
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Colorado AG Phil Weiser on suicide prevention
Colorado Attorney Gen. Phil Weiser spoke about suicide prevention efforts in El Paso County on Tuesday. (Video: Debbie Kelly/The Gazette)
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Legislative committee advances five substance abuse bills
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Legislators are eyeing new mandates on providers of healthcare, as laid out in five bills forwarded to the General Assembly on Monday. The Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee formed in 2017 to review substance-use disorders, medication-assisted treatment and gaps in the system of care. Bill…